We’d like to know how open you are to using different types of gear. Are you a believer in an all-in one lens or do you switch out for specialty situations.
Please let us know why you do or do not shoot with other lenses in the comments. We’re working on new tutorials about different styles of shooting.
I have seven Canon FD mount lenses from wide, normal, telephoto zoom, and supertelephoto, including a rare Canon Macrophoto 28mm f3.5 lens and one EF mount lens (24-105 f4L). I do shoot with my 400mm f6.3, but it is rare since I have to use stopped down metering on my A-1 and F-1N and manually open and close the lens aperture.
I have 15 lenses, and most of them are primes. The primes are smaller, brighter, and better quality for less cost compared to most of the zooms I’ve owned in the past. Exceptions are in the ultra wide end–those are always zooms.
I have three Canon lenses. As I live out of a suitcase I work with 17-40 f4, 24-70 f2.8, and a 70-200 f2.3. These help me deal with the restrictions on weight for air travel.
I shoot both Canon [5DMkII] and Fuji [XPro1] and while I have 2 Canon Lenses [24-105mm & 17-40mm] I’ve been collecting and using legacy lenses and adaptors for both EOS and Fji X mount for the past couple of years. The lenses include Nikor 35mm, 50mm, 105mm Macro and a selection of Minolta/Rokkor M42 mount lenses. [28mm, 35mm, 50mm and 135mm]. Of course these are all manual focus and aperture, and while they have some quirks, I love the look and feel of the glass, and enjoy the slower pace required to shoot with the older lenses.
I have 9 lenses which cover from 8mm to 600 mm. I have the Canon 7D MK II which has a 1.6 factor so my 600 mm actually is a 960mm lens. Included are a couple of favorites- the 70-200 Canon which is super sharp. I also enjoy my Canon 100 mm Macro for close up work and a Tamron 17-50mm for low light inside work.
For my current digital camera, I have two. The 35-55mm that came with it and a separately purchased 80-200mm. When I shot film, I had a 35mm, 135mm and a full sized 500mm! Man do I miss that big 500mm!!
I have the usual Canon array for the 5D III (17-40; 24-70; 70-200) but I love my Sigma 50 1.4 and 105 2.8 macro and 10-20 wide for my APS-C backup 40D. Next stop is the Sigma 20 1.4 for astrophotography.
I have the 18-55mm kit lens that came with my Canon 1100d and the nifty fifty 1.8.
Mostly for architecture I use a TS-24mm or 14mm rectilinear, for people I love an 85mm f1.2, for general use I have a couple of zooms, (24-70 & 70-200) and in tourist mode a 70-300 f5.6.
But for sheer sillyness I also have a telescope with a camera mount which has a 2 degree angle of view, horrible vignetting, fixed aperture, minimum focus of 15 foot and of course manual focus
I don’t believe in one size fits all…;-) Here’s what I work and have worked with. The asterisk marked lenses are no longer in my bag.
EF 8-15mm f/4L USM FISHEYE
EF-S 10.22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM
*EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
*EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
EF 85mm f/1.8
EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
I have over 20 cameras that take interchangeable lenses. Most of them are no longer in use. I have no idea how many lenses I own right now. I’m now retired and for the last several years I’ve been using fewer and fewer lenses. I get by with 3-4 focal length primes from wide to normal and wide to short tele zooms in the “kit” range. You don’t need a lot of “stuff” to take good pictures.
I have the usual Canon array for the 5D III (17-40; 24-70; 70-200) but I love my Sigma 50 1.4 and 105 2.8 macro and 10-20 wide for my APS-C backup 40D. Next stop is the Sigma 20 1.4 for astrophotography.
I have the 18-55mm kit lens that came with my Canon 1100d and the nifty fifty 1.8.
I have 9 lenses which cover from 8mm to 600 mm. I have the Canon 7D MK II which has a 1.6 factor so my 600 mm actually is a 960mm lens. Included are a couple of favorites- the 70-200 Canon which is super sharp. I also enjoy my Canon 100 mm Macro for close up work and a Tamron 17-50mm for low light inside work.
I have seven Canon FD mount lenses from wide, normal, telephoto zoom, and supertelephoto, including a rare Canon Macrophoto 28mm f3.5 lens and one EF mount lens (24-105 f4L). I do shoot with my 400mm f6.3, but it is rare since I have to use stopped down metering on my A-1 and F-1N and manually open and close the lens aperture.
I don’t believe in one size fits all…;-) Here’s what I work and have worked with. The asterisk marked lenses are no longer in my bag.
EF 8-15mm f/4L USM FISHEYE
EF-S 10.22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM
*EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
*EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
EF 85mm f/1.8
EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
I have 15 lenses, and most of them are primes. The primes are smaller, brighter, and better quality for less cost compared to most of the zooms I’ve owned in the past. Exceptions are in the ultra wide end–those are always zooms.
Mostly for architecture I use a TS-24mm or 14mm rectilinear, for people I love an 85mm f1.2, for general use I have a couple of zooms, (24-70 & 70-200) and in tourist mode a 70-300 f5.6.
But for sheer sillyness I also have a telescope with a camera mount which has a 2 degree angle of view, horrible vignetting, fixed aperture, minimum focus of 15 foot and of course manual focus
I have three Canon lenses. As I live out of a suitcase I work with 17-40 f4, 24-70 f2.8, and a 70-200 f2.3. These help me deal with the restrictions on weight for air travel.
I have over 20 cameras that take interchangeable lenses. Most of them are no longer in use. I have no idea how many lenses I own right now. I’m now retired and for the last several years I’ve been using fewer and fewer lenses. I get by with 3-4 focal length primes from wide to normal and wide to short tele zooms in the “kit” range. You don’t need a lot of “stuff” to take good pictures.
I shoot both Canon [5DMkII] and Fuji [XPro1] and while I have 2 Canon Lenses [24-105mm & 17-40mm] I’ve been collecting and using legacy lenses and adaptors for both EOS and Fji X mount for the past couple of years. The lenses include Nikor 35mm, 50mm, 105mm Macro and a selection of Minolta/Rokkor M42 mount lenses. [28mm, 35mm, 50mm and 135mm]. Of course these are all manual focus and aperture, and while they have some quirks, I love the look and feel of the glass, and enjoy the slower pace required to shoot with the older lenses.
For my current digital camera, I have two. The 35-55mm that came with it and a separately purchased 80-200mm. When I shot film, I had a 35mm, 135mm and a full sized 500mm! Man do I miss that big 500mm!!